Statistics for History - General Knowledge

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What major religion did Muhammad found?	Islam	97%
Which Italian leader largely helped Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in World War II?	Benito Mussolini	95%
Which pandemic disease (originating from rats) reduced the world population DRASTICALLY?	Bubonic plague	95%
Who was the UK Prime Minister during World War II?	Winston Churchill	95%
What empire controlled Turkey before it became the country of Turkey?	Ottoman Empire	92%
What was the surname of Napoleon (from the French Revolution)?	Bonaparte	90%
Which Roman dictator was murdered on the Ides of March?	Julius Caesar	86%
Where were the Great Pyramids built?	Giza	84%
World War I began with the assassination of the archduke (and his wife) of which country?	Austria-Hungary	83%
Which astronomer confirmed the theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun - and was imprisoned by the Catholic Church for it?	Galileo Galilei	83%
What ruthless group invaded much of Asia and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries?	The Mongols	82%
Name one of the rivers that civilization was centered around.	Tigris \| Euphrates	80%
Which explorer led the first expedition around the world?	Ferdinand Magellan	63%
And what empire controlled Turkey BEFORE the empire above?	Byzantine Empire	58%
What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln deliver in 1863?	Gettysburg Address	57%
What was the first major civilization?	Mesopotamia	55%
What does USSR stand for?	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	50%
In Greek mythology, who was the god of wine?	Dionysus	49%